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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221593775

155014 - EDWARDS WOOD PRODUCTS, INC.

Event
Automatic Machine, Caught By, Chain, Lockout/Tagout, Pulled In, Troubleshooting
NAICS
321912
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#346938707
Employer profile
155014 - EDWARDS WOOD PRODUCTS, INC.
Summary number
221593775
Report ID
0453730

Event description

Employee is killed when pulled into unscrambler machine

Investigation abstract

On August 23, 2023, an employee was troubleshooting an unscrambler machine malfunction. The employee walked around to the bottom of the support frame of the machine, near two parallel drive chains. A coworker restarted the machine, and the employee was pulled into the machine by the drive chains. The employee was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 22 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    999

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